While it is tempting to believe that you are the victim of certain people or forces beyond your control, A Course in Miracles teaches you to recognize that you are not a victim. Through the grace of God, you are lifted above and beyond any forces-internal or external-that threaten to limit you. Knowing you're not a victim is a major form of personal empowerment.

We experience who we really are, and what it is we are meant to do, in any moment when we pour our love into the universe.

Usually we try to figure out what we think would make us happy, and then try to make those things happen. But happiness isn't circumstance-de pendent. There are people who have every reason in the world to be happy who aren't. There are people with genuine problems who are. The key to happiness is the decision to be happy.

Some of the most patriarchal thinkers I know are women. Some of the most feminist thinkers are men.

Life is hard enough, you don't have to embellish the drama!

Instead of praying: 'Dear God, bring me someone fabulous,' try: 'Dear God, make me into someone fabulous.'

I don't think that my twenties were any more dramatic than those of most people I know. I was never that bad and I never became that good.